Rianne Downey

Striking Matches, made up of Sarah Zimmermann and Justin Davis, came to Nashville simply to play music. Sarah, a Philadelphia native and Justin, from Atlanta, met when a professor at Belmont University paired them at random to play for a classroom full of guitar majors.

The pair has been writing and performing ever since. Their influences range from Jerry Reed to the Beatles, John Mayer to Patsy Cline, and back again. It becomes more obvious every day that they were born to play music together.

Harmony-obsessed Americana / Folk duo consisting of Zoë Wren and Jasmine Watkiss. Roswell Road's multi-instrumental sound has been likened to First Aid Kit, Fleetwood Mac and the Indigo Girls.

Winning Purbeck Rising in their first year as a band, Roswell Road's first release earned the title of Fatea EP of the Year, and the duo went on to be named winners of the Celtic Connections Danny Kyle Competition.